During his acceptance speech at the 2011 Tony Awards, John Benjamin Hickey joked that his mother had better be watching him and not the Dallas Mavericks. Presenter Chris Rock jokingly groused about missing the NBA final in which Dallas took the championship over the Miami Heat. In the end, overall ratings for the 2011 Tony telecast were down slightly, with 6.9 million viewers tuning in, compared to 7.0 million in 201…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AM on June 14, 2011